Elite Adviser Profile: Gregg Fisher

Adviser Gregg Fisher shares the history of his practice and gives tips to other advisers who want to grow their practice.

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... I ... by Gregg Fisher aam chief investment officer of Gerstein Fisher ... wherein investment advisory business in New York City ... we've been in business for twenty years now ... aam firm Gerstein Fisher grew out of my family's accounting business ... which has almost a forty year history ... in our family working with clients ... in the financial services industry ... we work with all kinds of clients ... ranging from endowments and foundations to individuals ... families business owners ... back in the seventies of my family got into the account and it's it's basically ... we are doing tax returns for individuals I grew up in the family business so in some people ask how long you've been in financial services and ... my responses ever since they came out of my mother stomach ... aam it's all I've ever done and it's what I remember ... our area of expertise is managing money ... for individuals who pay taxes ... we're very good at managing money in the presence of Texas also ... as an investment advisor ... our core competency ... is managing portfolios using quantitative methods ... embracing the principles of market efficiency ... while acknowledging that investors are human ... and that behavioral finance is here to stay ... and that's really where I would say our core competencies ... so the best prospecting tip for an advisor ... an advisor that I'd working with ... told me recently that the best advice he ever got was from the United News remember giving it to him close to fifteen years ago so what was ... he said what you told me when I was starting in the business was ... to go and find four or five people that were willing to work with them ... and you really good jobs ... just do the best you can ... show up get the best advice ... be a student of the business ... be passionate about it just provide great service to these points ... you just do that ... Dell introduce you to other people ... the new look earned the right to be successful ... my message to advisors is you can't do everything online ... the spot ... the next bird ... and surround yourself with other people that challenge you ... and have different strengths and weaknesses so that as a team you can be stronger than any person alone ... I